Assembly of shingles



May 18, 1937. T. L. OLSON ASSEMBLY oF sHINGLEs Filed Aug. l0, 1936 Tieodo/*e atented May 18, 1937 ASSEMBLY OF SHINGLES Theodore L. Olson,Providence, R. I.. assignor of forty per cent to Charles Johnspn,Cranston,

R. I. Application August 10 This invention relates to handling shinglesfor y positioning upon the roof or side of a house or other structure;and has for one of its objects anarrangement whereby shingles may bemore quickly laid and secured in position than is possible at thepresent time.

Another object of the invention is to provide shingles in strips so thata plurality of shingles may bepicked up and secured in position at onetime rather than the separate handling of each individual shingle.

Another object of the invention is the shaped by cutting the edgesthereof by machine, if desired, for tting one with the other about thecorner to hasten or speed up the positioning of the shingles at thecorner and thus avoid the usual cutting of` the shingles to i'lt at thecorner at the time of application. x

Another object of the invention is. the provision of a binding stripwhich may be slipped from the edge of the shingle where desired so thata plain surface may be presented as when shingles are usually separatelyapplied.

Another object of the invention is the formation oi a ribbon strip whichwill very effectively secure the shingles in desired relation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the corner of a house or building withshingles applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a strip of shingles or a unit of myassembly;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of two adjacent shingles showing the nexiblemeans for connecting them together; 1

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view-of a pair of corner shingles held in relatedposition by the flexible means; Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line6-6 of ,Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a fragmental portion of the ribbon whichis used for binding the shingles in relatedposition;

Fig. 8 is an edge view of the shingles in package formation;

Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic view illustrating. the manner of cutting one ofthe corner shingles for tting with an adiacent corner shingle;

Fig. 10 is a sectional view showing a modied 1936, serial No. ,/95j14o 4claims.y (ci. 10s-ss) ,1' I

v I iorm of meansI for securing the shingles in related position;

Fig. 11 is a view, similar to Fig. 5 of aninside corner pair of"shingles;

Fig. 12 is alview similar to Fig. 9 showing diagrammatically the mannerof cutting the inside corner shingle edge.

The usual wooden shingle. isy procured in packages which, when opened,leave each shingle to be handled separately. The handling of these 10 lshinglesindividually consumes a large amount provision of shingles forcorners, which may be prei of time and consequently is a large portionof the expense in shingling a building; and in order to reduce thisexpense, I have arranged the I' shingles in unit strip formation oidesirable 15 length so that a plurality of shingles may be pickedE uplat one time, positioned against the house and nailed into positionwithout the necessity of Ehandling each shingle individually. Further,it is known that where a corner is present on a building, the shinglesmust be tapered in order to properly t, the taper somewhat conforming tothe reduction in thickness of the shape of the cross section lengthwiseof the shingle except that it is curved somewhat to follow the formationof the shingle as it is applied to the building. In shingling abuilding, an expert must cut the shingles so as to fit the corners, andin order to speed up.I the operation at the corners I have providedpre-cut shingles which`may be formed by machinery before delivered tothe building where they are to be applied, and assembled in a deiiniterelation with a mark `to show the inside or outside of the cut shingle,whereby the work is largely speeded up and the cost may be reducedbecause of the pre-cutting in volume by machine operation. Further, lessskilled labor need be utilized on the job than heretofore; and thefollowing is a more detailed description of the present embodiment ofthis invention by` which these advantageous results may be accomplished:

shown in Figs. 2 and 10. This Aflexible means might be strip of paper 40 secured to the underside of the margins of adjacent shingles by anadhesive, as shown in Fig. 10, or as-shown in Fig. 2,

' 'ing as at I9. The ribbon then extends across the along the house.

corresponding oppositefaces of the'shingles I5 and is again crossed insimilar relation between the shingles I5 and I4 andV so on until thedesired number of shingles are assembled and' then one end is passedabout the edge 20 at the opposite end shingle of the unit and fastenedas at 2 I.

Each run of the ribbon securing means is positioned inwardly from theopposite edges22 and 23 of the shingles, the ribbon 24 being positionedinwardly from the upper edge22, while the ribbon 25 is positioned moreclosely adjacent the thicker edge 23 of the shingle. To position theseshingles f upon a house, it is merely necessary to grasp one of them andlift them into position, such as shown in Fig. 1, where nails 25 areused to'secure them in place. 'I'hus,-it is unnecessary to handle eachshingle as has heretofore been necessary.

As previously pointed out when the corner shingles as 30, 3l; 32,'33;34, 35 are positioned from separate shingles, it is necessary-to cut atleast one edgemof these shingles so that its upper end B, as shown inFig.' 9, will be narrower than its llower end A, in Fig. 9, by an amountequal to the variation of the thickness of the shingle which it adjoins.Further, the line 36 will be somewhat curved to conform to the curvatureof the shingle when bent and nailed in position on the house. Where aninside corner is required the cut edge of the shingle will bel as at 39in Fig. 11, tapered in the opposite direction with the thicker edgenarrower as at C in Fig. 12 than the thinner edge D. Cutting the shingleto this shape' previously had to be done by the carpenter on the job,but with my improved means I may do this by machine as contrasted withdoing it by hand, and then secure together two shingles 34, 35,'seeFigs. 1, 5 and 6, so that their edges will be properly related; and Imay mark the outside edges as at 3l so that it may be known which is theoutside and which the inside as the shape of the cuts vary and the shapeof the shingles vary whether they be outside or inside in the formationshown. By this arrangement, in shingling, the corner shingles 30, 3|;32, 33; or 34, 35 will be positioned on the corner and the next strippicked up and laid with the edge against the edges of the respectivecorners,

and then another strip continuing from there, etc., Then again, where aninside corner is provided the curvature in the other direction but ofcomplemental form will be used.

I nd it particularly desirable to utilize a ribbon such as cotton tapefor the purpose of securing the shingles in desired position. Thesplinters f the shingles work themselves into the tape and assist inholding it in position. 'Ihe ribbon may be cut by the insertion of laknifebetween the edges of adjacent shingles or broken for removing itfrom the lower edges of the shingles, or in some cases it may be slid oithe ends of the shingles so that this tape will not mar the appearanceof the work when completed.

In packaging, although the shingles may be folded one over the other dueto the weaving relation of the ribbon, it is preferabe to pack eachunitwhich will be of a definite length such for instance as from thirtyto thirty-six inches ilat with the thin and thick ends in oppositerelation, as shown in edge view in Fig. 8, and some so'rt of means maybe wrapped about the bundle so prepared for holding the shingles inbundle formation. By the pre-arrangement of the shingles in this mannera great time saving is eected in the application of the shingles to abuilding and less skilled labor is necessary for doing the samecharacter of work because of the pre-shaping of 'the shingles to -tabout the corners.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the constructionillustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve theprivilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the deviceis susceptible, .the invention being dened and limited only bythe termsof the ap pended claims.

I claim:

1. As an article of manufactura'a series of individual shingles, eachshingle being of greater thickness at one end than atthe vopposite end,all the shingles of the series being arranged with the correspondingthickness in juxtaposition and in slightly separated relation, exiblemeans interlaced between the shingles at the points of smaller thicknessthereof, and flexible means interlaced between the shingles at thepoints of greater thickness thereof, all of said flexible means being soarranged as to maintain the adjoining edges of said shingles in parallelrelation, whereby series of shingles may be stacked one upon another inbundles with the thick and thin ends in opposite relation. A

2. An article of manufacture as' set forth in claim 1, wherein' theflexible means each consists of a single ribbon having itsfree ends tiedagainst one of the shingles.

3. As an article of manufacture, a pair of shingles, adapted to be usedas preformed corner elements, each shingle being of greater thickness atone end than at the opposite end, flexible means for maintaining saidshingles in angular lapping relation, with the portions of each shingleof smaller thickness in juxtaposition and the portions of each shingleof greater thicknessin juxtaposition, and the lapping shingle having itslapping edge cut to match the tapering edge of the cooperating shingle..

4. As an article of manufacture, a series of individual shingles, eachlshingle being of greater thickness at one end than at the opposite end,all of the shingles of the series being arranged with the correspondingthickness in juxtaposition and in slightly.separatedrelation, means formaintaining the shingles in parallel relation including a flexibleconnection interlaced between the.

